Matt Halvorson is a songwriter and musician who releases music these days as Cousin Wolf. He has been described as “a new-age storyteller with seemingly endless tales to tell,” blending memorable melodies with poignant, well-crafted lyrics to create songs that span genres and tug at unusual heartstrings. Matt was also a founding member of The Big Ideas, a Portland-based folk-pop family band that holds out hope of one day recording another song or two.
Cover art by Zach Scheet
Cousin Wolf - Nine Innings
(full album out soon)
1 Moses Fleetwood Walker
2 Kevin Elster
3 Roger Maris
4 Lou Gehrig
5 Dave Dravecky
6 Carl Mays
7 Jackie Robinson
8 Donnie Moore (out soon)
9 Jurickson Profar (out soon)
Cover art by Amanda Gunderson
Cousin Wolf - Winter
(Released Oct. 12, 2020)
1 The Goddamn Truth
2 Wapato Creek
3 Chris McCandless
4 A Snake
5 Questions for My Father
6 After All
7 Under Hospital Ceilings
Cover art by Jon Halvorson
Cousin Wolf - Sermons
(Released Feb. 28, 2020)
1 The Truth
2 The Heart Wants What I Tell It to Want
3 My, How Things Have Changed
4 The Answer
5 Welcome Home
6 Present: Tense
7 Under Hospital Ceilings
8 Here I Am
9 Nothing Special
10 Old Souls
11 Summer Sun
Cover photo by Jott Robertson
The Big Ideas - Live from the Banana Stand
(Released Sept. 6, 2011)
1 Preamble
2 Settling
3 I Told You, I’m Not a Veterinarian
4 My, My
5 Frontin’
6 Sing Songs
7 Dave Dravecky
8 Know Now, Not Knew Then
9 Coats
10 Manhattan Summer
11 Song for Myself
12 Moses Fleetwood Walker
13 Landlines
14 It’s a Shame
Cover art by Bubba Hollenhorst
The Big Ideas - The Farmer’s Wife [EP]
(Released April 16, 2010)
1 Settling
2 A Brief Expository Introduction
3 The Farmer’s Wife
4 Dakota
5 Landlines